Conservationist, entomologist and television host Phil Torres of Jungle Diaries, who spent two years in the Peruvian Amazon, captured on video the remarkable sight of flocks of colorful butterflies swarming around the faces of turtles, truly looking as if they were animated characters out of a Disney film. As it turns out, these lepidopteran insects were drinking the tears of the turtles as a means to get the sodium and other minerals needed to regulate their metabolism, boost their reproduction and ensure their survival. Nature is beautiful!

It all started with a funny tweet on @AussisDoingThings page. Dog owners everywhere got a chuckle out of it because they could relate – so much so that the post currently has over 350,000 likes and 85,000 retweets.

Every week we collect the highest voted cat memes that our users created for ICanHas Cheezburger's LOLCats. If you want to check out more cat memes that we know will make you laugh, check out Lolcat. If you have some funny ideas and would like to submit them, take a look at our Meme Builder.

A female Owston's civet, which is listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, was born on April 15 at the U.K. zoo, and head zookeeper, Dave Rich, has been personally caring for her ever since, according to the zoo's website.

We all love the awesome twitter page, @WeRateDogs. This twitter account does exactly what it says. It rates dogs. And their funny captions are just over the top. But did you know there's also a page that rates cats? Scroll down below for the funny cat rates. These are sure to help you get through even the gloomiest day.